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Reading all these posts about people's DS nurses I realise I am lucky with the one I have, she gave me a meter at our first meeting and said to look at this site, I told her I had already joined. I was disappointed with the Desmond course as although the people running it were supposed to be...

I should have said in my original post that I was only diagnosed as T2 after going to the doctors for the first time in 15 years as I was extremely tired every day after work and thought I might be anaemic, the dr was amazed as I'm not overweight, 5ft and size 8/10, weigh around 8 stone and...

When I was diagnosed I knew nothing about diabetes so I looked online found this forum and learnt loads, my level has gone from 110 to 45 in 4 months and I have really cut the carbs since then and now my morning BG is around 5/6 down from 7/8. My brother in law is also T2 but has had no help...

When I was first diagnosed as T2 last October the nurse asked me if I wanted to attend a "Desmond" course, I agreed and was amazed that the people holding it tried to tell me that there is the same amount of calories in a salad as in a jacket potato! I said that the carbohydrate content was more...

Aldi do a selection of sugar free sweets, the brand is Dominion, lots of flavours eg butterscotch, mint, fruit, rhubarb etc 59p a box. As all stores are set out the same you will find these on the top left of the sweets and chocolate shelves

5.3 this morning, just started to eat to the blood sugar diet and after 4 days my levels are down from an average of 7 in the mornings

Well done, I got my readings this morning and have more than halved mine from 110 to 45 since diagnosis 4 months ago. Nurse has said to stop the Gliclazide and just stay on the one Metaformin a day. I've just started the 8 week BS diet by Michael Mosley so it will be interesting to see what my...

I went to Lidl and bought some of their high protein rolls and saw the low GI bread, as someone recently diagnosed I have found giving up my toast on a morning one of the hardest things, however I had 2 slices of this bread with a chicken salad and my bs didn't spike at all.

Hi all, Just seen this as been working some crazy shifts! I take 500mg Metaformin and 40mg Gliclazide. Only diagnosed 4 weeks ago so still on a learning curve. Today I read 13.6 before eating chicken, broccoli, cauliflower,carrots, Yorkshire puddings and a tablespoon of mashed potatoes (just...

Yesterday I cooked a beef casserole, I soaked the potatoes for a couple of hours in cold water to reduce the starch, I put 3 cloves of garlic in with the onions and meat and slow cooked it for about 2 hours then added the veg which included green peppers, carrots, celery, broccoli, green beans...

Thanks magsiesss, I realised it must be the breadcrumbs but as it was homemade I thought it might be better than a ready made one

Yesterday I had my first check since being diagnosed with type 2 3 weeks ago, the nurse prescribed Gliclazide as my morning and evening levels are still quite high even though I have had no bread or potatoes etc. I took 1/2 a tablet tonight as prescribed 30 minutes before eating and then...

I smoked 20 a day for over 40 years, it was the first thing after coming downstairs, straight outside no matter what the weather. In April this year I had hypnotherapy and I have never smoked since or had the desire to even though I have had a really stressful time since then. I can sit outside...

Hi, I was recently diagnosed (last week) as T2 and maybe it's because I am on holiday from work and not as busy as usual but I feel quite depressed and it's not like me at all. I'm due back at work on Wednesday and I'm arguing with myself about going back or ringing in sick. Is the depression...

Hi Liam, My cholesterol was 5.4 which as it was around the 11/12 mark in 1988 I'm really pleased. I stopped taking statins in 2004 as I realised that they were affecting my joints. I lived in Spain from 2002 until 2014 and I totally changed my diet as when I first went there it was rare to see...

I have only just got my meter and am a newbie to diabetes. I have had a low fat diet as 30 years ago I was diagnosed with high cholesterol which was hereditary and took statins for 15 years until 2003. Funnily enough my cholesterol level is only slightly above normal now! I have always eaten...

Thanks everyone for the replies. I have been put on Metaformin, one a day and given a testing meter and an appointment in 3 weeks. I'm concerned about my weight loss, more than a kilo in the last 10 days so although still in a healthy weight range I'm heading for underweight.

I am 5ft weigh 8.1 stone and have just been diagnosed as type 2 diabetic. I don't like rice or pasta and always thought I have a healthy diet, I eat salad most days. It's not always obese people who become diabetic

Thanks everyone for the replies. The nurse gave me a meter and explained how to use it. I gave to go back in 3 weeks so I am going to keep a food diary and see if there is anything I can change. I eat lots of salad, almost every day and have porridge with cinnamon for breakfast most days, lunch...

I was a 20 a day smoker for 40 years or more and I had one session of hypnotherapy which cost £297 and have never smoked since even though my husband and nearly everyone at work does. It only works if you really want to stop and the lady I went to said that if I smoked again she would do it...